About Us

Neighborhood Empowerment Network


In 2007, an alliance of residents, neighborhood and merchant associations, non profits and faith based organizations, foundations and academic institutions was created around a simple mission, empowering the neighborhoods of San Francisco with the capacity to steward themselves to a resilient condition.  The alliance assumed the name of the Neighborhood Empowerment Network (NEN) and over the last five years it has leveraged the immense resources and expertise within it ranks to create a ground breaking suite of tools resources and methodologies to advance resilience at the community level in a bottom up grass roots approach.



Vision – Mission – Method

The NEN’s vision is that everyone has the right to live in a safe, clean, healthy, inclusive and economically resilient community.

The NEN’s Mission is to empower residents, and their communities, with the capacity and resources to build strong resilient communities.

The NEN leverages strategic partnerships to develop both programs, as well as a suite of tools and technical resources, that neighborhood stakeholders can leverage as they create safe, clean, healthy, inclusive and economically resilient communities


Member Organizations

Organizationally sponsored by the San Francisco General Services Agency and the Department of Emergency Management, the NEN is a collaborative comprised of community organizations, city agencies, non-profit organizations, and academic institutions. Click here to see our list of partners…


NEN Steering Committees

Executive Steering Committee

Jennifer Dhillon
ExecutiveDirector,SF SAFEGerald Eisman
Director, Institute for Civic and Community Engagement, SFSUDavid Gershon
Founder and CEO, Empowerment InstituteDr. Isabel Wade
Former Executive Director, Neighborhood Parks Council
Harold Brooks
CEO, Bay Area Red CrossMichael Pappas
Executive Director, San Francisco Interfaith CouncilJohn Power
Executive Director, The Volunteer CenterAlessa Adamo
Executive Director – SF CARD

Community Steering Committee

Carol Mo
Sunset Community ConvenorDan Nguyen-Tan
Board Member, North of Panhandle Neighborhood AssociationDawn Trennert
Middle Polk Neighborhood AssociationDeb Neiman
Director, Noe Valley AssociationDina Hillard
Organizer, Safety Network, TenderloinErick Arguello
President, Lower 24th Street Merchant and Neighborhood AssociationFoster WeeksBoard Member, Clementina Cares, Inc.Gillian Gillett
President, San Jose & Guerrero Avenue Coalition to Save Our Streets

Glen Hatakeya
President, Mission Extension Triangle Neighborhood Association

Jane Martin
Founder, PlantSF

Vallie Brown
Lower Haight Ashbury Merchant and Neighborhood Association

Mary Harris
President, Ocean – Merced – Ingleside Neighbors in Action

Kevin Blackwell
Organizer, Safety Network, Visitation Valley

Laurel Muniz
President, North West Bernal Alliance

Leela Gill
President, North of Panhandle Neighborhood AssociationMarc Christensen
Vice President, Mission Extension Triangle Neighborhood AssociationMeredith Thomas
Executive Director, Neighborhood Parks CouncilRon Miguel
Planning Association of the RichmondSheryl DavisDirector, Community Convener, Mo’ Magic Western AdditionSteve Adams
President, Merchants of Upper Market and CastroJed Lane
Founder, Friends of Miraloma ParkJudith Berkowitz
President, Coalition of San Francisco Neighborhoods

Morgan Fitzgibbons
The Wigg Party

 


We depend on the ideas, creativity, and can-do energy of people like you. Contribute to the NEN’s mission to growing the grassroots community movement. See how you can get involved and then get in touch with us.

Get involved with the NEN

Become a NEN Blogger
Do you have community-building experience and wisdom from which your fellow community organizers could benefit? If so, maybe you’re the perfect NEN Blogger! Find out more here about joining the team.

Become a NENtv crew member
We are looking for camera operators, audio specialists, reporters, and video editors to capture the finest examples of the people, projects, and organizations that are making our neighborhoods better places. All levels of experience are welcome and encouraged.

Suggest a NENtv episode
Do you know about a neighborhood story that would be great to share with the world? Drop us a line and let us know.

Post a comment
Did you enjoy reading a NEN blog or watching a NENtv episode? If so, post a comment beneath the blog/video and help make the online NEN community sparkle.

Join the NEN website team
Our website is constantly changing and improving, thanks to the skills of volunteers like you. If you have web design skills and can work in HTML and/or the WordPress framework, we want to know!

Send us your ideas
Do you have any other ideas how the NEN could be bigger and better? If so, get in touch.

Tell your friends, family, and neighbors
Spread the word about the NEN to your community and be part of the flourishing neighborhood movement.


Contact Us

Main office Email
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett PlaceRoom 362San Francisco, CA 94102Ph: +1 (415) 554-5113Fax: +1 (415) 554-4849 General: nen@sfgov.org
NENtv: nentv@sfgov.org
Daniel Homsey, Director: daniel.homsey@sfgov.org
Michael Pawluk, Media Director: michael.pawluk@sfgov.org